The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-02-05
PROCEEDINGS OF CONGRESS-
The Senate Passes the Bill to Refund the
Direct Taxes Collected from the States.
The Same Body Passes the Railroad Attorney
Bill of Senator Beck as Amended by
Senator Hoar-Text of the Bill

. ,etter signed by the presidents of the national
hanks of Omaha suggesting that Chicago be
added to the list of Reserve cities where RE-
serve banks can deposit money, as now in New
York; also. similar letter from the national
hanks OF Kansas City, suggesting ST. Louis as
reserve city. Referred to the committee on
finance.
Mr. Hoar from the judiciary committee, re-
ported back, with an amendment in the nature
OF substitute, the House joint resolution au
thorizine an investigation of the books, accounts
and methods of the Pacific railroads which have
received aid from the United States. He asked
that the substitute be read and moved that the
matter be taken up for consideration.
Sr. Hale said that the substitute was long
document and he objected to its immediate con-
sheraton.
Mr. Hoar said that tie substitute had the ap-
probation of all the members of the judiciary
committee. although he had dissented from it
himself He thought it might pass the Senate
without discussion,
Mr.. Hale said he did not know that he was
opposed to 1t, but he thought it had better 60
ever.
The joint resolution was placed on the calendar
and Mr. Hoar gave notice that he should call 1t
ur for action at the first possible moment
Is follows To authorize the building of rail
road across the Fort Meade military reservation,
and to establish the order of promotion in the
medical department of the army.
The resolution offered by Mr.. Call yesterday,
while the doors were closed, making the daily
sessions from ii A. M. to 9 p NJ, was taken up
and referred to the committee on appropriations.
bill for holding term of the United States
Circuit Court at Texarkana, Tex, was taken up,
amended and passed.
The Senate then proceeded to the consideration
of the Senate bill to credit and pay the several
States and Territories and the District of Column
bia all moneys collected under the direct tax
levied by the act of Aug. 5, 1861. The bill was
passed with but one dissenting vote (Mr. Van
Wyck'sl
The bill directs the Secretary of the Treasury
to credit to each State and Territory and to the
District of Columbia a sum equal to all col
lectons made from them under the direct tax
act 1t RENTS and relinquishes all of the tax
still due, and it appropriates sufficient amount
TO reimburse the States for all moneys found
due to them under the provisions of this act
to be paid to their respective Governors. Pro-
vided, that where the taxes have been collected
from citizens. either directly by sale of prop
erty, the amount shall be held in trust for them
or their legal representatives by the respective
States
The message from tho House requesting a
return of the papers in the matter of the lost
Northern Pacific forfeiture bill, was presented,
and the request ordered to be complied with.
The Senate then resumed consideration of the
railroad attorney BILL and was addressed by Mr..
Wilson. OF Iowa. He would vote. he said, for
the enactment lin proper form) of the principle
Of the bill He regarded the question as one of
political ethics. rather than of criminal conduct.
He believed that the ethical principle which it
presented was sound one. and that its recogni-
ton by affirmative law would be pronaotve of
the public good. He would not thereby ex-
press, even in the slightest degree, suspicion
not to say that any member of Congress- by
accepting professional employment. would
thereby surrender himself to influence from
which the unknown quantity called bias might
come
The Senate then proceeded to vote on the bill
The first vote was taken amendment Of
fered by Mr.. Hoar, making it unlawful for q
member of Congress to accept employment as
an attorney in opposition to the United States in
any case to which the United States may be a
party or in which it's interests may be concerned,
from any subsidized railroad com pany, if such
member have to believe that measures
specially affecting the interest of such
railroad are pending before Congress or are
about to be SO pending during his term of Office.
The amendment (which was in the nature of a
substitute to the original billy was agreed to
yeas 26, nays q, as follows: